The Future of the Internet: IPv6
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The Future of the Internet: IPV 6
Introduction
The internet has originall created in .... by .... for sharing information easily between researchers in different parts of the world. It was then adapted as a mean of communication for the United States military. It was not until the early 1990's that the internet as we know it began to emerge. As the internet grew and gained popularity new uses and applications were created to use in conjunction with the initial infastructure. The internet now has ..... billion users and is used everyday for e-mail, e-commerce, communication and media sharing. Even though the original infastucture was not craeted with the intention of supporting these functionalities it has been amazing resiliant in it's uses. However, changes will be nessisary in the near future to support this exponential growth. IPv6 was created to solve many of the current underlying problems.
What is IPv6
IPv6 stands for Internet Protocol version 6. It is the successor to IPv4 which is currently the backbone of the internet infastructure. The Internet Protocol is the dominant [[1]network layer] protocol on the intertnet. It is used along with other higher level protocols such as TCP and UDP to create connections across the internet to enable inforation sharing.
